Malvaceae Eremalche exilis (Gray) Greene

White Mallow

Pima, Gila River - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5

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Scientific name: Eremalche exilis (Gray) Greene
USDA symbol: EREX3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Mallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima, Gila River
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves boiled or boiled, strained, refried and eaten as greens. Star mallow, wild heliotrope, fiddlenecks and wild sorrel were dropped entirely from the Pima diet. The author suspects they were spring starvation season foods.

RECRD: 8737 id: 13549

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